Abstract
Vitamin D3 is determined in livestock feed supplements by high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Extracts of the samples are quantitated using normal phase chromatography. If interfering co-extractives are present, an aliquot of the extract is injected on the normal phase column, and the fraction corresponding to vitamin D3 is collected. The vitamin fraction is then further cleaned up and separated from interferences by reverse phase chromatography, and quantitated by measuring the ultraviolet absorption at 254 and 280 nm. The method measures actual vitamin D3 content in the presence of pre-vitamin D, tachysterol, isotachysterol, and vitamin A.
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